People need to realize what kind of bugles the bulls are doing and how to respond, probably why 90% of the bulls shutup after they've been bugled at by hunters when it does happen...
Michael
If you throw out a locator bugle and one throws one back. Most people bugle back. That is the last thing you want to do. You need to move in on him and cow call. Plus almost all the human bugles I hear are the challenging agressive bugles. That's why they pick up and move away. If he has a bunch of cows why would he want to stay and fight and then possibly lose some cows.
Also if you bugle then you are a bugle that the bulls in the area have not heard before. They have not seen you. So they will come in silent so they can get a look at you to size you up. Until people learn what each call actually means in elk language you are just wasting your time.
I highly recommend that during the off-season everyone buys all of ELKNUT's CD's or DVD's and watches/listens to them religiously. This will up your game tremendously.
wow I guess we are doing it all wrong we only killed 5 elk so far...maybe we should not bugle? 1 of the 7 bulls that came in was silent? what did we do wrong they are comming in bugling....well we are going to Idaho now I hope we can get it right.
